Chicoreus brevifrons
UNB-2019-1013Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus (Montfort, 1810)
Species: Chicoreus brevifrons (Lamarck, 1822)
Obovate dextral specimen with rounded thin body whorl and three smaller whorls composing a flat spire. Large oval shape aperture that is larger than the body whorl. Outer lip flares out slightly. Columellar folds on visible on the inner aperture. Thin growth lines on the whorls.
Specifications
| Object name | Chicoreus brevifrons |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-1013 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Origin | Drunken Man's Cay, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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